shift gears

also switch gears

to suddenly change what you are doing I'd like to shift gears now and talk about a personal concern.

Etymology: based on the idea that a vehicle will change speed when you change gears (machine parts)

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Josseline	-	French
EmÍLia	-	Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Luciano	loo-CHAH-no (Italian), loo-THYAH-no (Spanish), loo-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Costello
Vicki	['viki]
Eddy	ED-ee	English